How to Say “Someone Is From Costa Rica” in Spanish

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es de Costa Rica
/es de kosta ɾika/from spelling rules
To say someone is from Costa Rica in Spanish, you use es de Costa Rica.
The phrase es de Costa Rica is used to state that a person's country of origin is Costa Rica. You can also use the single word costarricense as a noun or an adjective to describe someone from Costa Rica.

Which one should you use?

For a formal tone, you can use Proveniente de Costa Rica to mean 'Coming from Costa Rica' or use Originario de Costa Rica for a male or Originaria de Costa Rica for a female to mean 'Originally from Costa Rica'. In informal settings, you can use the demonyms Tico for a male or Tica for a female.

How does it change in a sentence?

To change the subject of the phrase es de Costa Rica, you must change the verb es. Use soy de Costa Rica for 'I am from Costa Rica', eres de Costa Rica for 'You are from Costa Rica' (informal) and son de Costa Rica for 'They are from Costa Rica'.

Did you know?

  • The word tico is believed to come from a habit of Costa Ricans adding the suffix -tico to adjectives to mean 'very small', such as un poquito.
  • The term 'costarricense' is gender-neutral in its spelling, unlike many other Spanish adjectives that change for male and female.
  • The word es in the phrase es de Costa Rica shares an ancient ancestor with the Sanskrit word ásti, which also means 'is'.

Examples in context

  • Juan es de Costa Rica.
    Juan is from Costa Rica.
  • El equipo de fútbol está conformado por jugadores ticos.
    The soccer team is comprised of Costa Rican players.
  • Él es de Costa Rica.
    He is from Costa Rica.
  • Mi amiga es de Costa Rica.
    My friend is from Costa Rica.
  • ¿Ella es de Costa Rica?
    Is she from Costa Rica?

Example conversation

Daniel and Lucía are talking about a new coworker at the office.

  1. Daniel

    ¿Sabes de dónde es la nueva compañera?
    Do you know where the new coworker is from?
  2. Lucía

    Sí, ella es de Costa Rica.
    Yes, she is from Costa Rica.
  3. Daniel

    ¡Qué bueno! Me encanta ese país.
    That's great! I love that country.
  4. Lucía

    Es un lugar muy bonito.
    It is a very beautiful place.

Sources

  • IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
  • Word origins: Wiktionary entries Costa, costa, de, es, rica, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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